RT Book, Section
A1 Ellison, E. Christopher
A1 Zollinger, Robert M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1127273171
T1 Excision of Pilonidal Sinus
T2 Zollinger's Atlas of Surgical Operations, 10e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179755-9
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1127273171
RD 2024/04/18
AB Pilonidal  cysts  and  sinuses  should  be  completely  excised  or  exteriorized  (figure  1a  and  b)  .  Acutely  infected  sinuses  should  be  incised  and  drained,  followed  later  by  complete  excision  after  the  acute  infection  subsides.  The  more  limited  procedure  of  exteriorization  (marsupialization)  is  effective  when  the  sinus  tract  is  well  defined  (figure  1b).  Regardless  of  the  various  surgical  approaches,  such  lesions  may  recur.